News related to New South Island Controlled Area for varroa bee mite
- Confirmation of further finds of varroa in Canterbury - 18 September 2008
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) investigations after last week’s find of varroa bee mite outside of the current South Island Controlled Area have confirmed further reports in North Canterbury.
- New varroa mite find confirmed - 11 September 2008
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has confirmed varroa bee mite in hives outside of the current South Island Controlled Area.
- New South Island Controlled Area for varroa bee mite - 1 August 2008
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) has established a new South Island Controlled Area for the varroa bee mite.
- Varroa bee mite found outside South Island Controlled Area - 1 May 2008
Varroa bee mite has been found at several apiary sites near St Arnaud, just outside the Nelson-Marlborough Varroa Controlled Area boundary, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) said today.
- Nelson varroa bee mite incursion update #19 - 15 August 2007
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand (MAFBNZ) surveillance completed in July confirmed varroa has not spread outside of the Controlled Area at the top of the South Island.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #18 - 8 March 2007
Varroa bee mite education workshops for South Island beekeepers began in Nelson this week.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #13 - 22 September 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand is delaying the start of the feral baiting programme because it is been unable to obtain the necessary permission the company that owns the rights to the fipronil formulation.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #12 - 15 August 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand is starting its comprehensive movement control and management programme to slow the spread of varroa in the South Island this week, policy manager Paul Bolger said today
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #17 - 14 December 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand surveillance of apiaries around varroa mite infested areas in Nelson has detected three apiaries infected with low levels of the mite.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #16 - 10 November 2006
A new varroa movement control line, that includes a five kilometre buffer zone, has been established in consultation with affected beekeepers. The controlled area notice declared in
June has been revoked and replaced with a new controlled area notice which took effect at 1 pm on Thursday 9 November 2006. - Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #15 - 13 October 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand is making good progress to identify an alternative insecticide to be used for feral bee baiting as part of the programme to eliminate varroa in the Nelson area, Biosecurity New Zealand Senior Policy Analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #13 - 6 September 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand and the South Island Varroa Control Group will start the first phase of an agreed programme to eliminate varroa from the Nelson area this week, senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #14 - 26 September 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand is delaying the start of feral bee baiting, which is part of the overall programme to eliminate varroa in the Nelson area, Incursion Response manager David Hayes said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #8 - 21 July 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand is carrying out a variety of activities in the Nelson, Marlborough and Tasman regions to preserve future varroa management options, Surveillance and Response Manager David Hayes said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #7 - 7 July 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand’s Varroa response team met with stakeholders in Nelson this morning (Friday 7 July), senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today. The meeting was attended by representatives from the beekeeping, horticulture, arable and pastoral sectors, as well as from local government and iwi.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #9 - 31 July 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand discovered an apiary infected with varroa well outside the 10km zone around Nelson on Saturday, Surveillance and Response Manager David Hayes said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #3 - 23 June 2006
Following continued testing for varroa in the Nelson area, another 3 apiaries are suspected to be infected with the Varroa bee mite, This brings the total number of apiaries suspected or confirmed as infected with varroa to 21, Biosecurity senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #1 - 18 June 2006
Testing of hives associated with apiaries found to contain varroa bee mite is underway, Biosecurity senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Management of Bee Pest to Transfer to Varroa Agency Inc. - 28 June 2005
From 1 July 2005, responsibility for keeping the varroa bee mite out of the South Island will transfer from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) to the Varroa Agency Incorporated (VAI), a management agency made up of South Island Councils and beekeeping organisations. Varroa was first detected in Auckland in April 2000, and has now spread throughout the North Island. To date, movement controls on bees and bee products have kept the bee-killing mite out of the South Island. As part of the latest change, revised controls on transport of some materials to the South Island will be implemented.
- Varroa bee mite found in Nelson - 16 June 2006
A national surveillance programme for the varroa bee mite has detected affected hives at two sites near Stoke in the Nelson region, Biosecurity New Zealand senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #6 - 3 July 2006
The suspected varroa find on Durville Island has proved to be negative following laboratory examination, Biosecurity New Zealand senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #10 - 9 August 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand is about to put in place revised control measures for beekeepers in the Nelson area, following decisions by the Government last week, Manager Surveillance and Response David Hayes said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #4 - 27 June 2006
Varroa response survey teams yesterday started testing apiaries near Hokitika associated with varroa infected apiaries in the Nelson area, Biosecurity New Zealand senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #5 - 29 June 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand is expecting all testing of high risk apiaries to be completed by the middle of next week, Biosecurity New Zealand senior policy analyst Paul Bolger said today.
- Nelson Varroa bee mite incursion - Update #11 - 16 August 2006
Biosecurity New Zealand will put out the draft management plan to South Island beekeepers for their comment this week, says Paul Bolger, Senior Policy Analyst with Biosecurity New Zealand.
- Joint response to tackle kauri dieback - 26 November 2008
Kauri dieback (Phytophthora taxon Agathis or PTA), the newly-identified disease attacking kauri trees, is being addressed by six agencies working together as one response team.